Brazil death toll from COVID-19 rises to 97,256 -health ministry
- World
- Reuters
- Published Date: 02:00 | 06 August 2020
- Modified Date: 02:00 | 06 August 2020
Brazil reported 57,152 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,437 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Brazil has registered 2,859,073 cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 97,256, according to ministry data, in the world's worst coronavirus outbreak after the United States.